#Japan

Atlus are starting a series of character trailers to build hype for upcoming rhythm-action titles Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, coming to the PS4 and PS Vita in Japan.The first two trailers in the series f...

A little over twenty years ago now, Digimon would hit the scene in the form of a spinoff series of Tamagotchi toys. Following their popularity would come an animated series, the combined success of which sent these digital monsters to new f...

Vanillaware's remaster of RPG brawler Dragon's Crown Pro is finally available on PS4 in Japan. Those of us in the West won't have too much longer to wait, as Atlus have announced that the epic adventure title will be hitting Europe and Amer...

I love the crazy crossover costumes that the Monster Hunter series gets. Having Link in 4: Ultimate was the reason I jumped into the series and now that Ryu is going to be available in World, I'm super pumped. He also looks crazy good in th...

This Spring, Japan will see the release of an Arranged Soundtrack collection featuring classic tunes from the long-running RPG series, Fire Emblem.The CD, titled Flower of Enchantment, will see memorable tunes from the series recreated inn ...

Illustrator and character designer Akira "Akiman" Yasuda had a remarkable career at Capcom working on games like Final Fight, Captain Commando, the Street Fighter series, and Darkstalkers. He's the focus of the latest episode of the ...

It is with a heavy heart that I have to type this next sentence, but I'm just going to have to bite the bullet. Yakuza 6 has been delayed in the West until April 17, 2018. While no reason was stated for the delay, Sega is assuring fans it w...

While I probably won't continue to post all of Capcom's behind-the-scenes videos for Monster Hunter: World, this latest entry in the series goes over a lot of concepts that aspiring game developers might kind interesting. Focusing on the de...

The latest patch for Square Enix's massive Final Fantasy XV is available and the biggest feature it adds is having Aranea as a training partner at camp. For those unfamiliar, she joins the party in chapter seven while Gladiolus is gone and ...

CyberConnect 2 isn't screwing around in 2018. Not only has the company's CEO published a 12-minute video detailing their plans for the year, but they've also written a giant missive, filled with info and half-info on what they're doing.
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Atlus have released a new trailer for the upcoming re-release of Vanillaware's RPG-brawler, Dragon's Crown Pro, which coming to PS4 this Spring.The game will feature multiplayer co-op both locally and online. Players will choose their favou...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences holds the D.I.C.E. Awards every year to recognize not only the entertainment we enjoy, but the people that made our entertainment possible. For the upcoming 21st D.I.C.E. Awards, acclaimed Nint...

If you cute quota for the day wasn't met by the NieR Automata Trading Arts Box, then perhaps this new Nendoroid of the lovable Roll from the Mega Man series may tip you over the edge.The new figure, originally announced in September, shines...

Square Enix and Trading Arts have announced that they will release boxsets of mini figurines, based on characters from 2017's emo-smash NieR: Automata. The box-set features 10 randomly assorted figures from a collection of 11 characters, in...

On any given month, sometime will probably notice a Nintendo Easter egg. They're so good about putting little homages into their work, including this small, useless functionality.
Evidently you're allowed to enter through "1889" as your dat...

One of the new mini-games in Yakuza 6 is something called "Clan Creator." If it wasn't evident from the title, you take street punks and make a clan out of them. It looks kind of fun and is pretty reminiscent of a similar feature from Yakuz...

Atlus have revealed a new mode that will be coming to funk-em-up titles Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night. The "Commu" mode will allow players to interact with their favourite characters to complete "mini-event...

If you love cat ladies and are a fan of visual novels, Nekopara is basically your heaven. The game is an H-Game from Japan where you take in some catgirls and then have sex with them. It is certainly a thing that exists in this world and we...

SNK is reviving The King of Fighter 97 with online support. Dubbed Global Match, the only details we know are that the game is coming in the Spring and will be available on PS4, PS Vita and PC. I suppose we also know it has online, but that...

When it comes to Splatfest themes in Japan, they tend to be a little more esoteric than in the Western world. Many times they have been sponsored by franchises, or have featured some cross-promotion, and this recently announced contest is n...

The recent resurfacing of the cult horror game Yume Nikki suddenly makes a lot more sense. Come February 23, 2018, we're officially getting a follow-up -- and a 3D one at that!
As the upcoming game's Steam description puts it, "The RPG Make...

I am always fascinated at how games go from the planning stage to a released form. The different changes and difficulties in creating the entertainment that we love can sometimes make for dramatic underdog stories. You can also just have a ...

This week sees the first ever EVO Japan fighting game tournament take place in Tokyo. Not that it has seen much pomp and circumstance, with little marketing, reports or Western media coverage leading up to the event. That hasn't stopped the...

Speaking in an interview with Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation, Producer Toshimichi Mori had various things to say about Arc System Works' upcoming crossover fighter BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, particularly pertaining to the game's ...

The more I see of Hokuto ga Gotoku, Sega's upcoming Fist of the North Star game helmed by Ryu ga Gotoku studio, the more I want it. This latest trailer (taken from a livestream) better shows off how the combat flows and even gives us a smal...